The weather was fabulous for the 185 competitors on
White, Yellow and Sprint courses. There were many first-timers from
Scout troops, JROTC, church groups, Web surfer, and CSUS students.
Also, there were lots of smiling faces from far and wide, including the
group of four Marines, who regularly O in Southern California with SDO,
and LAOC and drove up from training in Bridgeport. Heck of a commute;
hope the drive home was a good one, guys.

Challenges for all were provided by Course Setter Stew
Hintz. Perhaps the toughest: Sprint runners were faced with a parallel
feature trap that caught out many.

I was delighted by the hard work of the Volunteers:

Stew,
Marsha, Jennifer, Ellie, Jessica, and especially Jonas Libell, a
first-time volunteer, who said "put me anywhere". We
gave him registration, where he excelled.

THANK YOU volunteers.

None of these jobs is very hard; give one a try at your
next meet. An hour or two is all we ask, and you get to hear all
the good stories. New faces are always welcome and you will get to
run your course, too!

So glad you could come. See you at our next meet at the
always challenging GraniteBay.